FLINT, MI -- A Flint man was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 10, to spend the rest of his life in prison for a 2010 double homicide that claimed the life of a 15-year-old girl.

Stanley L. Smith Jr. was found guilty last month of murdering 27-year-old Martarien Wilson and 15-year-old Porsche Turner during a November 2010 robbery on the city’s eastside.

"Justice has been served," said Doris Mosely, who spoke on behalf of the victims' families following the sentencing. "He has taken and ruined so many lives."

Prosecutors allege Smith and another man, Delante Russell, planned to
rob Wilson, who sold marijuana. When they were at the home, an argument
ensued and Smith shot Wilson to death, prosecutors said.

Turner,
who was upstairs, was killed when she ran downstairs to see what
happened, the prosecution said at trial.

Russell pleaded guilty
last year to conspiracy to commit armed robbery and felony firearms in
exchange for his testimony.

Family members asked Smith at sentencing why the killings happened.

Smith initially denied to comment during the sentencing but decided to speak briefly, stating that justice wasn't served and that "God knows what happened" the day of the shooting.

Said Mosely later, "God knows what happened. God's not with him."

Smith's attorney Barry Wolf said there was little physical evidence to
tie Smith to the crime. He also said that a witness hiding at the time of the shooting did not
see the crime and had "strong, negative feelings" against Smith.

Wolf said Russell had motive to lie because he was facing a mandatory life sentence in the case.

Wolf said he and his client continued to stand by these arguments during the sentencing hearing.

Smith was originally scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 8, but it was delayed after Wolf raised concerns over double jeopardy.

Jurors convicted Smith of both first- and second-degree murder for
Wilson's death and Wolf said the two different
convictions for the same crime is a double jeopardy.

Smith was
initially charged with open murder and first-degree felony murder. An
open murder charge allows jurors to select either a first-degree or
second-degree murder conviction. Wolf said jurors returned a verdict of
both first- and second-degree murder for Wilson’s death.

Jurors also found Smith guilty of open murder and first-degree murder
for Turner’s death, two counts of armed robbery, felon in possession of
a firearm and felony firearms.

Prosecutors and Wolf agreed on an order that would vacate the second-degree murder verdict and merge the first-degree murder and open murder convictions to find Smith guilty of both premeditated and open murder.

Smith was also sentenced to life in prison on two counts of armed robbery, two years in prison for felony firearm and three years, four months to five years in prison for felon in possession of a firearm.